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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Must Reads

Must Reads Thursday, July 30, 2009

Jul 30th, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Must Reads

A piece of the stimulus pie The Daily Reckoning

Jim Rogers is not shorting this market Money News

Should the Fed chairman go around kissing babies? FT

Doug Casey: America has died The Daily Crux

The good old days of depression and stimulus Whiskey and Gunpowder

Hurrying into the next panic NYT

Nine great tips from an investing master The Daily Crux

Support slips for Obama’s healthcare plan WSJ

Goldman hatred may cost you your bonus Bloomberg

75% of people support auditing the Fed Rasmussen Reports



Must Reads Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Jul 29th, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Must Reads

Let’s break up the Fed WSJ

Ben, be careful what you ask for Cumberland

This commodity setting up for huge fall The Daily Crux

CFTC: Speculators caused the oil spike of 2008 Raw Story

Inflationary surprises The Daily Reckoning

The number of new gold discoveries plummeting The Daily Crux

Break up Goldman Sachs Forbes

Biotechs next bull market starts now Daily Wealth

Cartoon nails current monetary policy The Economist



Must Reads Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Jul 28th, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Must Reads

Jeremy Grantham’s quarterly letter to investors [PDF] GMO

Another credit crisis The Daily Reckoning

Jim Rogers divulges the ultimate way to invest in China The Daily Crux

Michael Lewis: Bashing Goldman simply a game for fools Bloomberg

Buffet: I’m keeping my Goldman warrants Money News

A brief history of monetary madness Whiskey and Gunpowder

Jeremy Siegel: Are stocks still the best long term investment vehicle? Investment U

Insiders have quickened pace of selling MarketWatch

Martin Meyer on credit default swaps Jesse’s Café Americain

US effort to modify mortgages falters WSJ



Must Reads Monday, July 27, 2009

Jul 28th, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Must Reads

The end of the end of the recession [document] Zero Hedge

Roubini: The great preventer NYT

What’s good for Goldman is bad for the nation The Daily Reckoning

Alan Abelson: It could be worse Barron’s

Spitzer: The Federal Reserve is a Ponzi scheme Raw Story

Why the government’s easy money policy will lead to disaster The Daily Crux

Warren Buffett on inflation The Daily Crux

Yale’s Shiller still glum on housing, economy Seeking Alpha

Is Goldman Sachs evil? Or just really good? New York Magazine

Citi in $100 million pay clash WSJ



Must Reads Friday, July 24, 2009

Jul 24th, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Must Reads

A worldwide bubble in everything The Daily Reckoning

Goldman Sachs pays off Fed and Buffet Fundmastery Blog

Mortgage defaults may trump the Fed Whiskey and Gunpowder

GE’s outrageous bailout situation The Daily Crux

David Sprout on the Depression [video] BNN

Spain unemployment at 22% by 2010 Naked Capitalism

Lack of ambition leaves Europe in the slow lane FT

These safe income stocks are yielding over 8% The Daily Crux

Another crack opening? Financial Armageddon

Stock traders profit with computers set at high speed NYT



Must Reads Thursday, July 23, 2009

Jul 23rd, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Must Reads

Why investors should be concerned about HFTs [PDF] Themis Trading

Toxic equity trading order flow on Wall Street [PDF] Themis Trading

Obama’s Fed risk regulator plan fades as lawmakers back council Bloomberg

Doug Casey blasts Warren Buffet The Daily Crux

Silver is a great buy right now DailyWealth

Jonathan Weil: accountants gain courage to stand up to bankers Bloomberg

Jim Rogers: This commodity will lead us out of the recession The Daily Crux

Deficits don’t create prosperity The Daily Reckoning

Thoughts on personal consumption [PDF] Zero Hedge

A very important week for gold investors coming up The Daily Crux



Must Reads Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Jul 22nd, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Must Reads

Paul B Farrell on the mutual fund rip-off MarketWatch

Looking for an exit strategy Econbrowser

Bernanke doesn’t know where half a trillion dollars went [video] YouTube

Huge bargains in real estate could yield 20% returns The Daily Crux

Ron Paul: Obama will destroy the dollar Newsmax

Fed independence Economist’s View

How to beat the market with a lazy portfolio Investment U

Porter Stansberry predicts next major company to go bust The Daily Crux

Economics is in crisis: it is time for a profound revamp FT

An intelligence test for bankers The Daily Reckoning



Must Reads Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Jul 21st, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Must Reads

It’s good to be Goldman Barron’s

How I found a pile of cash paying 11% dividends DailyWealth

How to protect yourself in the coming devaluation The Daily Crux

Some fear Wall Street too heavily influences NY Fed The Washington Post

Former insider’s new book details Lehman brothers collapse NPR

Why the banking industry won’t be emerging from intensive care soon The Daily Telegraph

Why we should expect deflation The Daily Crux

Dollar bad, Euro worse Whiskey and Gunpowder

Bernanke prepares for congressional grilling Zero Hedge

Another housing bubble? The Daily Reckoning



Must Reads Monday, July 20, 2009

Jul 20th, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Must Reads

Malcolm Gladwell: The psychology of overconfidence The New Yorker

How to turn a recession into a depression Cato Institute

Jamie Dimon vs. Larry Summers Baseline Scenario

Lobsters are cheaper than hot dogs right now The Daily Crux

Japan’s darkest days lay ahead Investment U

Dismantling the temple The Nation

Recession forces a million to work part time The Daily Telegraph

Understanding Austrian economics Mises

Karl Denninger on how Goldman got paid twice from AIG [video] YouTube




Must Reads Friday, July 17, 2009

Jul 17th, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Must Reads

CBO: federal budget path “unsustainable” CBO Director’s Blog

Biden: “We have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt” CNSNews

Socialism sinking America WorldNetDaily

FDIC head Bair: Bank failures will get ten times worse The Daily Crux

California budget talks collapse, junk downgrade approaching Bloomberg

Money isn’t wealth Whiskey and Gunpowder

Is China the next bubble? Wells Fargo

This too shall pop Daily Reckoning

Roubini: “My views were taken out of context” Zero Hedge

Krugman: The joy of Goldman Sachs NYT